{"product_id":"9675-massenet-jules-enormous-early-signed-photograph-with-amqs-to-george-hartmann","title":"Massenet, Jules. (1842-1912) Enormous Early Signed Photograph with AMQS to George Hartmann","description":"Remarkable early original photograph by Pierre Petit, signed and inscribed with a musical quotation from \"La Vierge\" to \"Georges Hartmann, sincère affection \/ Jules Massenet . 1877.\" Measuring an impressive 14.5 x 19 inches [37 x 48 cm] and in fine condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe French dramatist and opera librettist Georges Hartmann (1843 - 1900) was also a music publisher and from 1870 until he sold the business to Henri Heugel in 1891, was the chief publisher of Massenet's music.  Devoted to the cause of young French composers, he discovered or adopted Bizet, Franck, Lalo, Reyer, Saint-Saens, and many others.  The libretti he wrote include Massenet's Hérodiade (1881) and Werther (1892), Silver's \"Château Brillon\" (1892), André Messager's Madame Chrysanthème (1893) and Reynaldo Hahn's L'Île du rêve (1898).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa Vierge is an oratorio (légende sacrée) in four scenes  to a libretto by Charles Grandmougin. It was first performed at the Opéra in Paris on May 22, 1880, three years after the present quotation was penned.  Although never popular as a whole, the orchestral piece \"Le dernier sommeil de la vierge\" (The Last Sleep of the Virgin) remains a popular encore piece to this day.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093397262495,"sku":"9675","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Massenet_JulesearlySPAMQSGeorgeHartmann9675a.jpg?v=1744914511","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/9675-massenet-jules-enormous-early-signed-photograph-with-amqs-to-george-hartmann","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}